It's not a requirement. It's a political strategy. If the candidate is from a "liberal elite" coastal state, then the running mate has to be from flyover country. It's pandering.
nickiwest
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It's not a requirement. It's a political strategy. If the candidate is from a "liberal elite" coastal state, then the running mate has to be from flyover country. It's pandering.
Springer went the opposite direction. He was a lawyer and a politician, and after his career fizzled, he went into media. He was an actual news anchor before he got a national reputation for hosting a trashy TV show.